The formal recognition of an Afghanistan women's refugee team on the international stage isn't just about soccer for former ...

INTERVIEW: Fifa has amended its rules so that a scattered team of exiled players can still compete internationally under the ...

A ruling by soccer’s governing body lets exiled female players compete internationally for Afghanistan over the Islamist ...

The FIFA Council approved a rule change on Tuesday allowing the team to resume competitive play ...

FIFA's council voted to amend its regulations, which say the side would need recognition from their national federation, on ...

( NewsNation) — A women’s soccer team made up of Afghan refugees will be allowed to compete in official competitions without ...

FIFA is facing fresh calls to officially recognise the Afghanistan women’s football team. Members of the national side, as quoted in a report published by the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) on Tuesday, ...

Banned from playing football and sent into exile, Afghanistan's women's team has had to fight to regain international status. That newly awarded recognition is a "hard slap to the face" of the Taliban ...

When the Taliban were in power in Afghanistan, they shuttered girls’ schools, segregated many aspects of public life, including the workplace, and prevented women from leaving their homes unless ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — They wandered through the museum, listening attentively as their guide explained the antiquities in display cabinets. It could have been any tour group, anywhere in the world. But ...